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B. A. F. MOSES.

METHOD OF APPLYING WIRE CORK PASTENINGSTO BOTTLES.

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3 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN A. F. MOSES, OF BOSTON,,MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO CALEB W.HODGDON, OF SAME PLACE.

METHOD OF APPLYING WIRE CORK-FASTENINGS TO BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,246, dated July 18,1882.

Application filed June 10, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN A. F. Mosns, o the city of Boston, State ofMassachusetts, have. invented an Improved Method of Applying WireGork-Fastenings to Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to effect a material saving in the timerequired and in the expense of applying to bottles the wire holderswhich are employed to secure the corks in the necks thereof whensubjected to the expansive force of the gases therein; and my inventionwill, in connection with the accompanying drawings, be hereinafter fullydescribed, and

specifically defined in the appended claim.

Figure l is a plan view of a wire cork-fastening of usual form. Fig. 2shows the same fastening in plan with the bottle, shown by dotted lines,in position for the wire to be twisted thereon. Fig. 3 shows the sameparts as Fig. 2, but with the wire twisted upon the neck of the bottle.Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the top part of a bottle, and with theends of the fastening interlocked in the loop, preparatory to bindingthe cork in place in the bottle-neck. Fig. 5 represents the fasteningformed with an enlarged loop, and showing the bottle-neck insertedtherein, preparatory to twisting the loop. Fig. 6 shows the loop of Fig.5 twisted to the bottle, and leaving a smaller or residuary loop, h.Fig. 7 is a View similar to Fig. 4, showing the holder of Figs. 5 and 6as interlocked, preparatory to being drawn down upon the cork to securethe same. Fig. 8 is a plan view of a machine adapted to automaticallytwist the fastening upon the bottle in my improved method.

In Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, or represents the loopof the wire as prepared andsold in quantities for application to the bottle A in the process ofbottling. b is the twist of the two strands c 0 around each other. InFig. 2 the strands c are shown as separated next to twist b, and withthe neck 01 of bottle A inserted between said strands close to twist b.When the bottle is placed as shown in Fig. 2 the strands c are againtwisted together, as shown-at f, thereby firmly inclosing thebottle-neck d with a portion of strand 0, (shown at e in Figs. 3 and 4.)

' -To facilitate and hasten the application of the holder to the neck d,I have invented my improved method, which I will now describe inconnection with the four last figures in the drawings.

The loop a, as shown in Fig. 5, should be formed of a length equal tothat of the loop a shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and the circumference of neck(I added together, and twist bis formed as shown in all the figures; butI insert the bottle-neck d within loopa next to twist b, instead ofbetween the strands c, and as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. After the neck dis thus placed in loop a, the loop is twisted to produce the twist 1',(shown in Figs. 6, 7, 8,) leaving of loop a a diminished loop, h, ofabout the size of loop or shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3. After thus firmlysecuring a part of loop a upon neck (I with the resulting loop h, thestrands c and said loop h are carried over cork g, as shown in Fig. 7,and the cork is thereby secured, as already stated in connection withFig. 4.

The important advantage of the method of inserting neck g in loop 0.,instead of between strands c on the side of twist b opposite the loop,consists in the largely-increased facility for twisting loop a, as at'i, Fig. 6, instead of strands c, as at f, Fig. 3, as such twisting ofloop a can readily be done automatically by machinery; and in Fig. 8 Ihave shown a machine adapted to such purpose, which machine I will nowdescribe.

A standard, 70, is secured to floor B by its base j. Upon the upper partof said standard is formed or secured the arm Z, in which slides freelythe rod m, a pin, t, .in which travels in the spiral slot '21, formed inthe shell of arm Z. Upon the rear portion of rod m is mounted a helicalspring, 12, which is arranged between the head of said rod and a seat instandard 70, so that when the rod is drawn to the front said spring isthereby compressed, and by its reacting force returns the rod to theposition shown. Upon the front end of rod m is formed a broad hook, 19,upon which is placed loop a, when, by placing neck 61 in the loop nextto twist b and drawing the bottle forwardthat is, away from standardk-rod m will be drawn outward, and will at the same time be rotated bythe action of its pin t moving in spiral slot 4:, and thus impart to thewire the twist shown at z' in Figs. 6, 7, and by dotted lines in Fig. 8.a I

A great variety of devices may be readily constructed by one experiencedin similar machinery for twisting loop a to produce twist i and theresiduary loop h, my object being to show a practical means ofautomatically imparting the second or final twist t' to the wire by mymethod.

I make no claim to the wire fastener itself, either as when first formedwith loop a of any size and with twist b and strands c cror as appliedto the bottle, or to the bottle and cork, as said fastener is at all itsstages of application likethe one shown, except in the stage shown inFigs. 1 and 5, when the loopct must be necessarily larger to practice mymethod than when it is applied in the usual, manner. Hence I make noclaim to the fastener as such, but to the described method of securingthe fastener to the bottle by placing neck 01 thereof inside the loop a,and then twisting said loop to closely draw the wire around the neck,instead of placing said neck between strands 0 and then twisting thesame. Hence I claim as my invention The described method of securingwire corkfasteners to bottles, the same consisting in inserting the neck(1 thereof within the loop a of suitable size, and then twisting saidloop to produce the twist i, and residuary loop h, substantially asspecified.

EDWIN A. F. MOSES.

Witnesses:

EUGENE HUMPHREY, HENRY H. LETTENEY.

